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“Grief's only ever as deep as the love it's replaced.”
― Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls

tags: grief, grief-and-loss, historical-fiction, love, war

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“[...] but perhaps no kindness was possible between owner and slave, only varying degrees of brutality?”
― Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls

tags: power, slavery

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“Achilles’ story never ends: wherever men fight and die, you’ll find Achilles.”
― Pat Barker, The Women of Troy

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“No one looks him in the face now, it's as if his grief frightens them. What are they afraid of? That one day they'll have to endure pain like this? Or that they never will, that they're incapable of it, because grief's only ever as deep as the love it's replaced.”
― Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls

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“Great Achilles. Brilliant Achilles, shining Achilles, godlike Achilles … How the epithets pile up. We never called him any of those things; we called him ‘the butcher’.”
― Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls

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A Song of Ice & Fire Fans — 5629 members — last activity Jun 30, 2023 06:43AM
For fan discussion of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice & Fire series. Occasionally referred to by the first book of the series, A Game of Thrones. ...more

the romantasy book girlies — 20 members — last activity Aug 29, 2024 01:19AM
this book club for all the book girlies and guys who love romance or fantasy books....or if you just like to read in general lol. ...more

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⋆ Fading Lights and Final Chapters ⋆ the August 2026 challenge ⤷ goal: 6500 members by the end of August!! | est: September 2026 ౨ৎ ₊ ⊹ BOOKS OF TH ...more